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Yevgeni Dzhugashvili, grandson of Joseph Stalin, who devoted his life to defending the Soviet leader’s reputation, died on 21 December 2016. The resemblance was uncanny: the same short powerful build, low forehead, thick moustache, iron-grey hair and dark, watchful eyes. Like his grandfather, he spoke slowly and quietly. His family name was little known outside … [Read more…]

As the occupation of East Aleppo by predominantly al-Nusra Islamists comes under increasing pressure from the liberating forces, threatening to strike a decisive blow against the whole imperialist strategy of proxy war, the western media have gone into overdrive, blaming the Syrian Arab Army and Russian airpower for the multiple civilian casualties for which imperialism … [Read more…]

As the provocations and ceasefire breaches on the part of the Kiev junta intensify, the ‘Normandy Four’ (i.e. France, Germany, Russia and the junta) have met in Berlin for the first time in a year. But whilst Russia does its best to help broker a political settlement of the conflict in Ukraine, and whilst the … [Read more…]

After 52 years of heroic armed struggle, the people of Colombia still have the chance to secure an honourable peace in which to continue the struggle for a new society. On 26 September, before a crowd of some 2,500, among them regional leaders including Cuban President Comrade Raúl Castro and Venezuelan President Comrade Nicolás Maduro, … [Read more…]

The Labour Party Conference started with a bang for the ‘Corbynistas’ this year with the declaration of the last leadership election giving their messiah a massive 313,209 votes to 193,229 or 61.8% lead over the Right Social-Democratic faction’s man, Owen Smith. This was not in the end a surprising result but the margin could have … [Read more…]

This November marks the 60th anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian counter-revolutionary uprising. Ever since its suppression, and especially after the restoration of capitalism in Hungary, this event has been the subject of severe controversy between the forces of progress and those of reaction. We reproduce below a slightly edited version of an article written a … [Read more…]

Introduction Since September 2015, the Zionist establishment and their imperialist patrons have launched a veritable campaign against what they claim is a phenomenal rise in anti-semitism. This campaign has been joined by the Blairite wing of the Labour Party who are out to get rid of Jeremy Corbyn, the moderately left-wing social democratic leader of … [Read more…]

As Engels pointed out long ago, capitalism cannot solve the housing problem. Socialism alone can provide adequate and decent housing to all working people. We reproduce below an excellent presentation made by architect Katt Cremer to the Stalin Society in London on 16 October 2016, which clearly demonstrates how, in a remarkably short period of … [Read more…]

For the last 10 years, ever since the people of Gaza elected a Hamas government, Israel has blockaded Gaza, arrogating to itself the right to prevent ships landing there, ostensibly to prevent the supply of weaponry that might be used against Israel but actually in order to stifle Gaza’s economy to try to bend the … [Read more…]

Stan Hilton, the last surviving Briton who fought in the legendary International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War, died today [Friday 21 October 2016] in Australia, aged 98. Stan was a 19-year-old merchant seaman when he jumped ship in the port of Alicante in November 1937. ‘The Spanish people needed help,’ he later explained. ‘It … [Read more…]